Bible Verses About Being Kind
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being kind, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 14,377 votes, led by Ephesians 4:31-32. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Kind
Ephesians 4:31-32877 votes
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Ephesians 4:32566 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 7:12561 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
1 Corinthians 13:4444 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Luke 10:27342 votes
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Luke 6:35333 votes
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Colossians 3:12293 votes
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Galatians 5:22-23256 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Romans 2:4247 votes
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
1 Corinthians 13:4-7228 votes
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Proverbs 11:24-25205 votes
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Galatians 5:22199 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Micah 6:8194 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Galatians 6:9193 votes
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Acts 28:2187 votes
And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
Galatians 3:28180 votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Romans 12:10174 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Ruth 3:10172 votes
And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Hebrews 13:2162 votes
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Luke 6:31161 votes
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Proverbs 11:17159 votes
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
1 Peter 3:8150 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 Corinthians 13:1-13148 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Ephesians 6:1-5148 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Proverbs 22:6142 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
What does the Bible say about being kind?
Readers most often cite Ephesians 4:31-32 on the subject of being kind. Across 14,377 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:32, Matthew 7:12, 1 Corinthians 13:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.